Oglethorpe, GA

Oglethorpe is a city in Macon County, Georgia, United States. The 2020 census counted 995 residents. The city is the county seat of Macon County. Oglethorpe was named for Georgia's founder, James Oglethorpe. The district has 129 full-time teachers and over 2,200 students. Taken together, these details give a newcomer a usable picture of Oglethorpe, where its history, geography, and current gathering places meet. For Oglethorpe, the memorable detail is the way older history and current gathering places share one local map. Oglethorpe was founded in 1838. Oglethorpe was located in the Black Belt of Georgia, where slaves outnumbered whites and did the work to support cultivation of cotton as a commodity crop. Oglethorpe sits on high ground west of the Flint River, which forms the boundary between Oglethorpe and the larger city of Montezuma.